St. Landry democrat., 1887-03-19
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Sen" tor Sherman's Southern GriI'E }rtS tie
Gns.pers the Possii,iitie. aAd froba~
! biI.:ies of the Next prcs!'irn'Ih cam
/ pal:n-Sherinan vs.. Blaine and the Lat
ter Cleveland.
; " A$HINGToN, MAJ oh l0-IhG STR pub
fishes the following gossip about Shcf-
man boom growing out OF the senator
Southern trip, and about th2 old tickets:
headed by Cleveland and Blaine III .S>N:
The gossip in political quarters to-day
turns upon the possibilities OF the 'Shcr-
man boom. His trip TO the South IS CON
cedcd to be for the purpose Of giving the
boom q chance to develop quickly under
the influence Of the warm Southern sun.
Mcssrs Malone and John b. y Use express
The opinion that John Sncrman Gun carry
he State OF VIRGINIA, both a ;'t2 nOnlnat-
ing convention AMI aftcr7Hard as TO It's
electoral vote The OhiO chIcftaLin himself
publicly expresses the opinion tha' the
solid South ma De divided in the next
Presidential contest. His friends say that
during this trip he viii tHro" hlmseh
among the Southern people, and diapal the
erroneous impression that ne mas no
warmth in his composition. They expect
HIM to thaw out in the South ana gam
much in popularity. They confidently es-
pcct ilat he will get the support Of the
delegates of several of the Southern States
The Blaine men say they are not AFRAID
Of Mr.. Sherman. Representative Brady,
who was Mahone's first lieutenant for so
long and who has been leader III lrglnla
longer than has Malone. does not agree
with him that the State couit be carried
by the Ohio man. Blaine, he says, can
carry Virginia against any one the Demo
Gratis can put up. There is an enthusiasm
= ., az |, y n
so he SAYS, with Sherman, he could not
Gerry the State. Any on" who says he can
dos not know the Southern people.
Bl. ines friends say that Blaine is not
pushing himself to the front, bat that he
is there and is going to stay. Whatever
work others may do meanwhile, they say
it will be found at the convention that til
PlumeG Knight will be head aus; shoulders
above everybody else. They contend that
the only question is whether he wants The
nomination. Then they intimate that II
Mr.. Cleveland is to lead the Democracy
again he will want to enter the held
against him.
When ali talk is over it may be boiled
down 10 the quite general belief that
Blaine and Cleveland are to l.: pitted
against each other again. Democratic
politicians generally concedc that they
can not get away from the man Of destiny;
that Mr.. Cleveland will stick. One Of
them likened him to tar baby whether
you hit him or hug him, he STICKS.
The politicians are not better satisfied
but more tolerant with him. They are in
clined to shut their eyes and accept the
inevitable. Leading mugWuaps, with
whom Star reporter has talked, are a
little uncertain as to their own fealin IS as
regards the President. They say that he
has not donein the way Of Civii-Sarvice re
form all that they mad hoped for, yet that
he has done all that he was positively
pledged to do, and they do not know
where they could find a man that could
do more. He has gone further, they
say. than any Republican thought he
would go, and while you may find
one who will say he was shaElning, you
will find fifty Republicans who are fright
ened because they think he has done too
well. Upon the whole, the mugwumps
say they are inclined to accept him. They
estimated that if Mr. Allison were nomi-
mated against him, he would lose about
half the mugwump votes, possibly more.
Most any Repu bllcan except Blaine could
take some mugwumps from Cleveland If
Mr.. Blaine should be nominated, however,
they say Cleveland would get a much
larger mugwump vote than he did before.